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The Probate Judge Upon His Native Health

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Day
9
Month
July
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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f&íiCB M, Vkkmont. Ühe -J. Mií.Editok:- Lea-vingtheyöüftgand prowiög city of Ann Arbor ón Friday morning I find myself Saturday sCfterloon in tliis ancientand decaying fcown, ■iix miles ffom a telegrapb station - leemingly a century removed trom the. ?reat, busy, bustling World in which we live i'-Uow di'nr tn my heart re the srotie of vA Chllllliood! ♦ # # ■Tiieorclmrd, tliem-adowf the dcor-IMngled iklwnod f Au.] eyery lored spot Hit my infanoy knew ! Phe wide .sprndiug pond iul the ïiiiil tlmt stond by it, Tha bridge aiid th nk wlicro thf cfllarnfit feil, Phe col .T my f.ithiT, tlie ilniry hotiee ni'li n Aud eten th rude Imcki't tlmi bai es in thewell." Aside from the Bacfed associalions which this aleepy oíd tov.n recalls to the niind of the natire it presenta to the straugttr soms ól the toofet beautif'ul landscapes and beantiful seenery tn New Eflglánd. Eighty farm houses soattered ovef mountain, hill, andvalley, may be counted from the door of my father's house, Gaining an eminence near by and looking direotly eastward you may trace för miles the deepvalley of the Gonnectácut, and in the ooo] üif of the early morning a tliin greyish line of rising mist, which would have delighted the eye of a Turner, pointe out the track of the wild Amonoosuck as it wanders among the dis tant JSTew Hampshire hills. To the southeast may be seen the form of Mooshillock wooded to ils very top, while to tlie northeast inay be seen several of the bare White Mountam peaks, white slreakcd witli snow and ice, layinein ravines and orulchfts ontil late into July and August. Nobody but a native, and a poet at that, eau teil what a glorious spectaele these Wliite Mountain peaks present in the clear itrosty days of winter. As tliey reflect the raya of the declining sim tliey glisten and shine like masses of silver, reniinduigoneof the mountains which Bunyan'a Pilgrim saw as he journeyed toward the Heavenly City. The beat way to reach northero New England and eastero Massachusetta from Michigan is by the Grand Trunk railroad. This route luis many advantages over any other: Irst. It is the chenpest. By taking advantage of the excursión tickets. whieh are regular coupon tickets good til] November lst, giving tlie passenger the right of laying over whenever and whereever he pleases, the fare is very much cheaper than by any other route. Second. lt is the most ylcamnt route. The dn]! and stupid monotony of the Great Western and Canada Southern is avoided. The train f rom the Detroit Junction is taken upon a boat at Port Hurón ferried over the deep rapid river to Sarnia, To the left upon the American shoro you may sce a tal] white lightliouse and the river. The day we crossed itpresented the beautiful spectacle of ten vessels with tlieir sails all i-pread being towed tlirongh the straits into the broad lake whlch opens in full sight to the north. A few liours ride Prona Sarnia brings yon to Btratford, one oí the . most important railroad centers ia Ontario. Bealdes the rnain road runniag east and vest through the city it has a line running southeast to Buffalo and anotlier running aorthwest to Goderich on Lake Hurón. Then comes Guelph with its lofty bridge- a city whose buildings public and rivate are nearly all of stone. As you ipproacb Toronto, the capital of Ontario, its public buildings, university, asylums and churohes come tato full view. Ilere you will enter one of the flnest railroad depots on üae continent. It is luiilt of stone and is situated close to the shores of Lake Ontario. The view of the city, tlie lake, and the country f.-ona the central and highest of the tlir se lofty towers of the depot is most beautiful. From Toronto the road f ollows the shores of the lake and of the St. Lawrence to Montreal- a most delightful line of travel. The ancient ruins yon see here and there, the curious old Fren.-li buildings and farms all fronting on the river aml extending back tor a mile or more; soms of them having been divided so often among the children that they are only a few rods wide, but all extending to the rïver, (a babit whlch was formed when the river was th only high way.) Indeel a thousand things will remind the intelligent traveler of the events and scènes described in tlie worka of Parkman. From Montreal the traveler wlBbing to reach New England must pass through the Victoria bridge- a vast windowless tube more than a mile long, made of boiler iron. On emerginfi from this tube he has the ehoioe of three routes: one by way of the Grand Tnmk to Portland; one by way of the Southeastern road to Lake Mempbremagog the Pessumpslc and Connecticut rivera and Lake Winnispesogee to Boston, and one by way of St. Albaaa and over the Green Mountains to Concord and lïoston. Thinl . It í.s the moet cornfortable route. The cars are never crowded as tliey are bythe other routes. There is nat as raucb diist. The road bed is in splenrtid oondition, and steel rails extend nearly the whole distance toMontreal. For years I have made an aniraal pilgrimage to the east and when I considcr eheapness, pleasure, comfort and rest I take the Graud Trunk route every time. Mr. Editor, yon must not expect me to say aaythlng about politics or religión while l remain in Vermont. The truth is Unitarian religión ;uid Democratie (lolilics are not very fashionable in this dear old town. I hope to see a great "seasan of awakening" here in bntli politics and relifrion before I die but evldenfjy -'the time is not y et."- I will only say that I have not yet seen a soldier who is not for Hancock nor a postmaster who is not for Garfleld. Adiós,

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Ann Arbor Argus